Playtest is brilliant - Black Mirror (2011) Discussion

[–] lindsay0200 8 years ago

Holy *beep* I just finished it but I have no one to talk to about it. Episode 2, I mean. Play test was so mucked up.

I didn't care for ep 1 - the actress from jurassic world - I don't like her as an actress.

Wtf Connor. This is going to stick with me a while.

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[–] firefly900 8 years ago

Yeah Im watching them but it seems the title list is out of order.

Playtest was 2nd for me but it says online that it is Shut Up and Dance.
And as you said the jurassic world episode was 1st for me, I dont have a namne for it but Im guessing by the titles it has to be nosedive, but online it says the 1st episode is San junipero.

Side note , Bryce Dallas Howard, I was wondering if that was her,,,, is a really annoying actress, and I really wanted something a little better to happen at the end of that episode.

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[–] quangjle 8 years ago

None of the episodes are connected, who cares?

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[–] firefly900 8 years ago

I wasnt asking whether they were connected or not, I all ready know they are not- today is not my first day in the world you complete and utter clod- I was saying the playlist was out of order.

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[–] quangjle 8 years ago

Clod. I like it. I'm going to start using that. Thanks!

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[–] Fool-Me-Thrice 8 years ago

*beep* I thought that was Jessica Chastain in Jurassic World all this time.

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[–] wilcox-145 8 years ago

Wow, wow, wow..

I'm in serious shock after this episode. This is the type that will stick with you for a while after seeing it. Very twisty (and twisted), almost makes me wish this had been a full-length film.

Wow.

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[–] Meldove 8 years ago

It definitely stuck with me, it absolutely haunted me.

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[–] arizonabay6-671-900060 8 years ago

Scared the crap out of me - and I'm extremely hard to scare.

I just found it exceptionally distressing and nightmarish. Maybe it is just me, but...woah.

So... err... thumbs up 10/10

"To err is human...so...errrr..." - Gary King

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[–] Ihatemillenials 8 years ago

I think it should've finished when he said "I don't know who I am." Would've been far more effective.

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[–] reddahlia 8 years ago

Playtest was one of the most brilliant episodes of television I've ever seen. Wow. I'm in awe.

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[–] brandonpfn 8 years ago

I think so too- anyone catch the 'ode' to 'The Thing' with the spider head creature?? Pretty fitting with Kurt's son in the lead...he really knocked it out of the park. Great episode!!

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[–] Ras_lupo 8 years ago

Yea it got a little weird after that...Felt a bit rushed and all over the place. But the rest of the story was great.

I read this in a chola accent.

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[–] Julie_De 8 years ago

Are you kidding?
The ending was the whole point and was fantastic.

Maybe you didnt get it. Watch the ending again.
Do you see where he is at the very end?
And also, what she typed in?

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[–] bioram 8 years ago

I'm curious.
Can you explain your interpretation?

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[–] movoroch 8 years ago

The entire episode was him dealing with "calling his mom". Sonja told him to call his mom over and over, and he repeatedly tried and failed to call mom. The very last thing the testing chick wrote in the Notes area on the computer was "Called Mom". IMO it was a genius statement about running away vs. turning and facing your fears....and the simulation was supposedly all about fear. Brilliant

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[–] trigun_78 8 years ago

Do you see where he is at the very end?
And also, what she typed in?

Please explain.

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[–] Julie_De 8 years ago

At the very final frame Katie typed in -Called Mom-
He called mom finally, the one thing he had been avoiding his whole trip.
It was very sad, to me.

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[–] trigun_78 8 years ago

But he didnt call his mom. He was strapped to a chair, not in reach of his phone. In fact, his mom called HIM. I think they meant he called out "MOM". He yelled her out the words "mom", calling out to her.

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[–] Julie_De 8 years ago

Yes your right. I didnt mean he literally called her, but he finally called out to her, which was the sad part, dont you think?

And also, she typed the test was 0.04 seconds, which means everythng we saw took place in an instant of real time, from when the game was uploaded to when the phone rang. Crazy stuff.

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[–] trigun_78 8 years ago

Indeed it was very sad. He feared getting Alzheimer's himself. He feared his mom getting it. And then he got to experience both. I can relate, as my mom's mom died from the same thing. So I too worry about me and/or my mom suffering a similar fate. So this episode affected me on another level.

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[–] danavenell 8 years ago

And she should've typed '' Called 'mom.' '' Not 'Called mom' as that implies he phoned his mother. In fact she would most likely have written ''Cried out the word 'mom' or ''said 'mom' '' but that wouldn't be ironic.

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[–] daredevil1-1 8 years ago

Yeah, what are you talking about?

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[–] rpn313 8 years ago

I think he meant that the play test was a test of your deepest fears and at the end his greatest fear, so great that it killed him, was the fear of he not seeing his Mom and his mother left worrying for him after his father just died recently. Ironic since he traveled the world to get away from his Mom. Ironic since his lover suggested that he calm his Mom, which if he did would've saved his life

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[–] GuyNCognito 8 years ago

But we don't know if that was the machine's real purpose as that was all a dream.

Grant discovered raptor eggs in Jurassic Park

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[–] makodbag 8 years ago

Funny, after spending the day binge watching the whole season I would definitely say that (in my opinion) playtest was the weakest of the new episodes. I still very much enjoyed it, but just found it perhaps a little predictable.

All in all, an excellent 6 and a half hours of television and I'm still yet to find anything Charlie Brookers name is attached to that isn't pure brilliance!

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[–] Tim-johnston-215-469291 8 years ago

Having watched them all now I'd say it was the most predictable, though still the most fun, which is strange given the mystery is one of the shows qualities

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[–] casualfitzy 8 years ago

I would have liked it more if the main character wasn't such an insufferable douche.

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[–] butcher-574-374393 8 years ago

Agreed, the whole time I was thinking he was a discount Kurt Russel, really cringe worthy over the top acting to be honest. Of course I since found out he is Kurt's son, he unfortunately didn't inherit his dads looks or acting talent. I liked the episode despite not being able to understand the whole conversation in Japanese at the end.

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[–] Snowgoat 8 years ago

Indeed - this was the strongest elisode by far. Probably not the best of the ideas from the new episodes, but it was the best fun and best made of the lot. Great direction and a great lead performance from the actor. Just watching the final episode - which is awful!

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[–] Snowgoat 8 years ago

Indeed - this was the strongest elisode by far. Probably not the best of the ideas from the new episodes, but it was the best fun and best made of the lot. Great direction and a great lead performance from the actor. Just watching the final episode - which is awful!

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